Watch-guard.



S. ROSOPSKY. WATCH GUARD. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26, 1909.

Patented Dec. 14, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC.

SOLOMON ROSOFSKY, OF BROOKLYN, N. Y.

WATCH-GUARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON RosorsKY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in WVatch Guards; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to characters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

The present invention has reference, generally, to improvements insafety-retainers or guards for watches and the like; and, the inventionrelates, more particularly, to a novel device which is adapted to bearranged and secured within the pocket of wearing apparel to prevent thewatch from being lost or stolen, but the device being of such aconstruction that the watch can be easily withdrawn by the wearer of thegarment.

The invention has for its principal object to provide a simple andeffective means for securing a watch in the pocket of a garment, andguarding the same against accidental or surreptitious removal therefrom;and, the invention has for its further object to provide a novel meansfor detachably securing the safetyretainer or watchguard in thepocket ofthe garment, as well as the provision of a novel means for locking saidsafety retainer or watch-guard against the removal of the watch retainedtherein.

A further object of this is to provide a safety-retainer for watcheswhich not only guards said watch from accidental or surreptitiousremoval, but also provides a means for preserving the polished orengraved cases of the watches against scratching or marring, which isgenerally the result of carrying them in the pocket in the ordinary way.

\Vith the various objects of my present invention in view, the saidinvention consists, primarily, in the novel watch-guard hereinafter setforth; and, the invention consists, furthermore, in the several novelarrangements and combinations of the Various devices and parts, as wellas in the details of the construction thereof, all of which will behereinafter fully described and then embodied in the clauses of theclaims which are Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1909.

Patented Dec. 14:, 1909.

Serial No. 486,042.

appended to and which form a part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is an exterior View of the watchpocket of a piece ofwearing apparel or garment, the said view showing in dotted outline theposition of a safety-retainer or watch-guard embodying the principles ofmy present invention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the inner side of saidwearing apparel or garment adjacent to said watch-pocket, said viewillustrating, more particularly, a novel means for securing saidsafety-retainer or watch-guard within said watch-pocket. Fig. 3 is avertical cross-section, said section being taken on line 3'3 in saidFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a rear view of said safety-retainer or watch-guardremoved from the pocket. Fig. 5 is a face View of the frame-work of saidsafety-retainer or watch-guard, the covering of the same being removed.Fig. 6 is an end view of said frame-work; Fig. 7 is a perspective viewof said frame-work, the covering of the same being shown in dotted line;Fig. 8 is a detail face view of the framework of said safety-retainer orwatchguard, but illustrating in connection therewith a slightly modifiedform of locking device; and Fig. 9 is an enlarged horizontal section ofthe same, said section being taken on line 99 in said Fig. 8, looking inthe direction of the arrow w.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the said abovedescribed views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 10 indicatesa portion of a garment or wearing apparel provided with a watch-pocket11 and a back or rear lining 12. Arranged so as to slip into and to bearranged within the said watch pocket 11 is a safety-retainer orwatch-guard, em bodying the principles of my present in vention, thesame comprising a main frame 13, constructed preferably, of a singlepiece of wire, in the following manner. The said wire is bent upwardlyat each end so as to form suitable sideframes M, each sideframe thusformed being provided with a perforated flattened portion 15. Theopposite ends of said wire are then bent toward each other, so as to beparallel to each other, or substantially so, and extend each to theopposite side-frame 1 1-, so as to form suitable mouthframes 16, thefree ends or portions 17 of said wire are then bent downwardly and areprovided with perforated flattened portions 18 adapted to register withthe respective flattened portions 15 of said side-frames 1 1, said partsbeing pivotally connected together by means of a rivet or pintle 19 thusforming and completing a retaining frame comprising a pair of hinged orpivotally connected frame-sections, as will be clearly evident. Owing tothis peculiar construction of frame-work, the tendency of the mouth oropening of the same, due to the torsion of the wire of which saidframe-work is constructed, is always to re main open, when not heldclosed, by means of a locking device, which when released permits theframe-sections to automatically spring open, as will hereinafter appear.The means for retaining said frame-sections in their closed or lockedrelations, to safely retain and guard a watch from being accidentally orsurreptitiously removed from the pocket, consists, essentially, of asuitably formed spring-arm 20 suitably secured to one of said flattenedportions 18, or to any other suitable and convenient point. Thisspring-arm is provided at its upper end with a laterally extendingmember 21 formed at one end in a right angled tongue or lug 22 adaptedto always remain in sliding engagement with one of said side-frames 14,while the opposite end of said member is provided with a catchpiece orhasp, as 23, adapted to engage the adjacent end-portion 17 and hold thesame. The means for releasing said catch-piece or hasp 23 comprises apush-button or fingerpiece 241 connected by means of a shank 25 to theupper portion of said spring-arm 20, said shank 25 extending outwardlybetween said side-frame 14f and the adjacent endportion 17. By pushingwith the finger upon said push-button or finger-piece 24, the saidspring-arm 20 is forced inwardly thereby causing the said catch-piece orhasp 23 to release its hold upon said end-portion 17 so as to permit theframe-sections to spring apart and open the mouth of said frame-work, aswill be clearly evident. The said wire frame-work is covered to form apocket 26 by means of a suitable fabric, said fabric being made in theform of a bag or pocket in which the watch is placed and which alsoserves as a protection against scratching or marring the polished orengraved surface of the watch which is retained therein. One means forsecuring said safety-retainer or watch-guard within the pocket 11 of thewearing apparel or garment is shown more particularly in Figs. 2, 3 and41 of the drawings. Secured upon the back of said pocket 26, hereinabovementioned, by means of an inclosingportion of fabric 27 is anelongated-plate 28,

provided with outwardly extending shanks 29, which are located at asuitable distance from each other, and project through suitableperforations or holes in said inclosing portion of the fabric 27. Eachshank 29 is provided with a suitable head 30.

WV hen the safety-retainer or guard is placed within the pocket 11 ofthe wearing apparel or garment, these shanks 29 extend outwardly fromthe back thereof and the heads 30 press against the pocket 11 and lining12, substantially in the manner shown. A locking bar 31 which isprovided with a pair of side-bars, as 32, which are suitably joinedtogether at their ends, provide a retaining device formed with anelongated opening or space 33, said bars 32 being made with outwardlybowed portions, as 3 1, which provide suitable receiving portions 35,which are arranged upon the previously mentioned shanks 29 in thefollowing manner :-The heads 30 of said shanks 29, covered as they arewith the fabric of said pocket 11 and the lining 12, are thrust throughthe said receiving portions 35 of said locking-bar 31, the said bar 31being then pushed sidewise so as to bring the shanks 29 into saidelongated openings or spaces 35 so as to squeeze the fabric of saidpocket 11 and lining 12 between said shanks 29 and said side-bars 32,with the head 30 of each shank 29 projecting over said sidebars 32 andthereby preventing the lockingbar from slipping outwardly and away fromsaid shanks 29, the friction between the said fabric and the shanks 29and side-bars 32 being sufficient to prevent any return sideslipping ofsaid locking bar 31. The safetyretainer or watch-guard being thussecured in operative position within the pocket 11 of said wearingapparel or garment, a watch is placed therein and the frame-sections arepressed together and held in their locked engagement by thelocking-device hereinabove described, until the latter are released bypressing the pushbutton or fingerpiece 241, thus securely retaining saidwatch against accidental or surreptitious removal.

Referring now more particularly to Figs. 8 and 9 of the accompanyingdrawings, there is illustrated therein a slightly modified constructionof locking device for locking said frame-sections 16 together. Thismodified device comprises a pair of horizontally extending tongues ormembers 36, one tongue being secured to each sideframe 1+ by means ofrivets 37, or other suitable fastening means, said tongues terminatingin a catch-piece 38 adapted to engage the respectively adjacentend-portions 17. Each rivet 37 is provided with a shoulder 39 and anoutwardly extending shank a0 formed at its free-end with a head orpush-piece l1. By engaging said push-pieces 11 with the fingers andpressing the same toward each other, the catch-pieces 38 are caused torelease their hold upon said end-portion 17, thereby permitting theframe-sections 16 to spring apart and thus opening the safetyretainer orwatch-guard to permit the removal of the watch from within thewatchguard and the pocket of the garment.

It will be clearly evident, that the watch may be used in the ordinarymanner when connected with a watch-chain, fob, or guard, since thelatter will extend between the frame-sections 16 when closed since thespace between them is sufficiently wide to permit the arrangement ofsuch parts between the frame-sections, but the space'not being wideenough to allow the passage of the watch therethrough.

I am aware that changes may be made in the arrangements and combinationsof the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of theconstruction thereof, without departing from the scope of my presentinvention, as described in the foregoing speei fication and as definedin the claims appended thereto. Hence, I do not limit my invention tothe exact arrangements and combinations of the parts as herein shown anddescribed, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of theconstruction thereof.

I claim:

1. A safety-retainer for watches comprising a covered frame-workprovided with a self-opening mouth, a spring-arm secured to saidframe-work, means connected with said spring-arm for securing said mouthin its closed relation, a push-piece connected with said spring-arm foroperating the same, and means for securing said covered frame-workwithin the pocket of wearing apparel, comprising an elongated plate,shanks upon said plate, heads upon said shanks, means for securing saidplate to said frame-work, and a locking bar adapted to engagesaid shanksand retain a pocket and wearing apparel in holding engagement therewith,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

A safety-retainer for watches comprising a covered frame-work, means forsecuring said covered framewvork within the pocket of wearing apparel,comprising an elongated plate, shanks upon said plate, heads upon saidshanks, means for securing said plate to said covered frame-work, and alocking-bar adapted to engage said shanks and retain a pocket andwearing apparel in holding engagement therewith, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

3. A safety-retainer for watches compris ing a covered frameworkprovided with a self-opening mouth, means for locking said mouth in itsclosed relation, and means for securing said covered frame-work withinthe pocket of wearing apparel, comprising an elongated plate, shanksupon said plate, heads upon said shanks, means for securing said plateto said covered frame-work, and a locking bar adapted to engage saidshanks and retain a pocket and wearing apparel in holding engagementtherewith, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4. A safety-retainer for watches comprising a wire frame-work providedwith sideframes, a pair of parallel frame-portions between saidside-frames, and end-portions pivotally connected with said side-frames,a catch-member adapted to secure said frameportions in their closedrelation, a flexible covering secured upon said framework, comprising anelongated plate, shanks upon said plate, heads upon said shanks, meansfor securing said plate to said covered framework, and a locking baradapted to engage said shanks and retain a pocket and wearing apparel inholding engagement therewith, substantially as and for the purposes setforth.

5. A safety-retainer for watches comprising a wire frame-work providedwith sideframes, a pair of parallel frame-portions between said sideframes, and end-portions pivotally connected with said side-frames, themembers of said frame-work being formed integrally one with the other, aspring-arm secured to one of said sideframes, a tongue connected withsaid springarm, said tongue being adapted to engage said side-frame, acatch-piece connected with said spring-arm for retaining theframe-sections in their closed relation with each other, a shankprovided with a push-piece connected with said spring-arm and adapted tooperate said spring-arm to release said catch-piece, a flexible coveringsecured upon said frame-work, and means for securing said coveredframe-work within the pocketof wearing apparel, comprising an elongatedplate, shanks upon said plate, heads upon said shanks, means forsecuring said plate to said covered frame-work, and a locking baradapted to engage said shanks and retain a pocket and wearing apparel inholding engagement therewith, substantially as an for the purposes setforth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereuntoset my hand this 23rd day of March, 1905).

- SOLOMON ROSOFSKY.

lVitnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAIJNTZEL,

FRED'K. H. FRAENTZEL.

